Improved catch for money-drawers



SANDEBS HUBBELL, JR., OF URBANA, OHIO.

IMPROVED CATCH FOR MONEY-DRAWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,827, dated April l0, 1866.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, SAUNDERs HUBBELL, Jr., of Urbana, in the county of Champaign and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Fastening Money-Drawers;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a catch by which the money-drawer is securely held and from which it only can be relieved by the operation ot a lever worked by the foot.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The ligure represents a transverse section ot' ,the counter and money-drawer.

A, counter; M, floor; and B, a section of the iioor, the inner end of which is held by a hinge attached to the floor, and the outer end, when not supported by the catch K, rests upon the end of the bar G. To depress the bar G either one, the pin H or the section of the floor B, may be used.

C is a false drawer inclosing the true drawer D. The drawers are supported in the usual manner by a piece attached to the counter, and the part projecting occupies the groove in the side of the drawer indicated by the dotted lines n. The upper edge of the drawer C projects, so that when the true drawer is drawn out the two present the appearance of a single drawer. The false drawer has a projection (not shown in the drawing,) preventing the drawer from being withdrawn entirely, the true drawer being held by the catch E, which catches on the end of the inner drawer, as shown in the ligure. N is a support to the catch attached to the counter. F is a rod connecting the catch and the arm G, the flattened end of which passes through the catch and arm and is secured by pins. The arm Gabont the curve is iiattened for a spring, and the end is attached to the door at M, and is so formed that it presses up sufficiently to hold the rod F up and thereby let the catch fall into the drawer.

Operation: 'Io take hold of the drawer to withdraw it the outer drawer alone would be withdrawn, and to the thief would always be presented an empty drawer; but to the persons acquainted with the arrangement, they would depress the bar G, and this would raise the catch7 and the true drawer would be withdrawn.

What I claim as my invention7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The catch E, the rod F, and the springarm G, when operated substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The drawers C D, when combined with the catch E, substantially as described, and for the' purpose specified.

SAUNDERS HUBBELL, J R. 

